Heads up! NPR to feature Dallas next week in a story about the city's identity

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by peterlemonjello

Thats no different than many metro areas like the Bay Area, Boston, South Florida, and DC. We can't all have 610 square miles of land.

Like at San Francisco specifically. The majority of the metro areas economic output is outside the city, yet people know it as "San Francisco". There isn't anything to really argue about. It is what it is and nobody can change it.

No, just no.

Everybody knows those cities because they are ports of entry http://www.cbp.gov/contact/ports/tx into the United States. New Orleans is the same way. Coastal cities naturally have the advantage over their inland counter parts because that is where the early settlers & immigrants landed hundreds of years ago. My ancestors for example came by way of Sicily to Ellis Island to Galveston Island then migrated all over Texas from there.

Dallas' disadvantage that will never change is its geographical location. Its advantage is purely from a logistics standpoint. Its centrally located & easy to move goods all over the country.

Double edge sword.

[Aceraceae]

Atlanta is the same way. I used to drive down to the Verizon Amphitheater in Atlanta, but it is actually in Alpharetta. When later asked where I went for the weekend answer would be Atlanta.

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

No, just no.

Everybody knows those cities because they are ports of entry Locate a Port of Entry | U.S. Customs and Border Protection into the United States. New Orleans is the same way. Coastal cities naturally have the advantage over their inland counter parts because that is where the early settlers & immigrants landed hundreds of years ago. My ancestors for example came by way of Sicily to Ellis Island to Galveston Island then migrated all over Texas from there.

Dallas' disadvantage that will never change is its geographical location. Its advantage is purely from a logistics standpoint. Its centrally located & easy to move goods all over the country.

Double edge sword.

Wait, what? This has nothing to do with anything in my post.

[mm4]

I agree with synchronicity. Melrose, Newton, Foxboro, Brockton et al. are for all practical purposes 'Boston' too. If you're briefly introducing yourself 2000 miles away when someone asks where you came from, you're not going to answer "Norwood" or "Stoughton."

Cambridge is going to be tantamount to Uptown, Lakewood--they're just as close to each respective MSA's largest CBD.

CBDs are simply tall office parks. No different in LA, or Downtown Lower Manhattan, or the Chicago Loop, or Boston than in Dallas. They all contain a little housing, effectively close up at night.

[elan]

Originally Posted by Columbiadata

"When I say Dallas, you say __________." It's a report by Melissa Block about Dallas's efforts to re-brand itself from a sprawling metropolis to a city with a vibrant downtown and a thriving arts scene. She asks if it's working. I'll be listening.

I guess I missed the memo, didn't realize we were trying to rebrand ourselves. After hanging out at Klyde Warren Park, I'd say we are pretty arty. Like most cities, we sprawl too. I could care less what the report says. Perhaps if it's bad, people will stop moving here .

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by peterlemonjello

Wait, what? This has nothing to do with anything in my post.

MM is a certified master of both the false dilemma and the irrelevant but forceful response.